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Kerdi - Walk In Shower
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East Shower Valve
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Ok, let talk plumbing for a minute. This is a typical pressure balancing shower valve installed with PEX plumbing. My Dad got me started on this stuff and it is AMAZING.. I installed 250 feet of 1/2 pipe, 5 separate runs in less than 1/2 hour. There are NO joints in that red hot water line from here all of the way back to the manifold at the hot water heater.
If you want to get a closer look at this, click on the picture and share a project will show you the hi-resolution original.
I use the stainless steel clamping system for PEX, there about 4 different pex clamping systems. This Video will show you about everything you need to know: http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/how-to/video/how-to-make-basic-pex-connections.aspx
Of course when using copper to plumb this up, people usually use the pipe to hold and mount the valve. Well with PEX you cant do that. So that's why there is 3/4 plywood around the sides and back of the valve and the dropear for the shower head. That was about the easiest way I could come up with to mount the valve the right depth for the 1/2 drywall and tile.
I thought I would have enough room in here to just use the straight threaded adapters with a bend support (the black plastic thing on the red line), like the hot water line on the left does. But it turned out with the plywood in the way and wanting to shift the valve off center in the stud cavity I wound up with the elbow on the cold water line.
Again, would have been better with a right angle threaded adapter. But I had the straights and used them
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